Journey From Jacob

Unlike many new Christians, Mikayla continues to unpack what it means to follow Jesus wholeheartedly. Are questions permissible? Is it ok to struggle? Is struggle all that we do? Is faith just a confession? Is an experience a requirement?

I fear that her questions are far too common, but rarely asked, The effect is many people are left wondering if their sins are actually forgiven.

Maybe you find yourself in a similar condition. We don't pretend to know all the answers, but hopefully we can simplify the process of understanding,

God became accessible to Jacob prior to His match. That is why Jesus brought him to the mat. He showed Jacob how closely he could connect to Him and the benefit that would result from his perseverance, not his performance.

The conversation between Paul and Mikayla continues. Mikayla poses the struggle she and other Gen Z’s have faced when it comes to growing up in an experience centered theology. Paul responds with describing the story of struggle that is often overlooked in the mentality of once saved, “you’re good to go now”. Discover a deeper look into the significance of God starting a wrestling match with Jacob.

In this episode Paul and Mikayla address Jacob’s dilemma of realizing he has gained more than he could have dreamed of, but still lacking what he needs the most.

If you love well developed mystery books that tell a redemptive story with unlikely heroes and a surprise climax, you're going to love the Bible and fall in love with the Author. It's the only book in the series and its playing out in real time.

The One New Man of Ephesians 2 and 3 is on the horizon. Keep your eyes on Israel and Iran to see how God will respond to what the enemy has clearly intended for evil.

Intercede on their behalf with compassion and authority. They have suffered greatly. It is time for God to act.

We postponed our broadcast yesterday because of the catastrophic genocide that is taking place under our eyes in Iran. We are especially affected because of our personal relationship with Iranian believers who were born under Islamic rule and taught to hate the Jews from 1st grade. Now as born-again followers of Yeshua, they are our brothers and sisters who love Israel and the Jewish people.

Today these modern-day Hamans have vowed to hang all dissidents on gallows publicly. This is the same land that Esther and Mordecai, by faith, reversed that threat in their day. Please join us in faith, believing for a similar outcome.

Decisions to hate or to love begins in the mind. They are thoughts that become beliefs that are acted upon. We will explore the beginning of this ancient hostility in this podcast.

Our hope is that your thoughts will be rooted in the Kingdom of Yeshua. He will lead you to action that will be life-giving and beneficial to the generations that follow.

Is it possible that God really wants us to laugh ?

Doesn't He know how troubling life is?

Doesn't He see how anxious I get?

How lonely I feel?

Of course He does. But He knows that laughter is good for the soul and a cheerful heart is like medicine. He has given us the ability to laugh. It is His gift to those who believe. In fact it is the first indication of His covenant. We can laugh in the face of hardship because we know God is with us. We don't laugh at the expense of others, We laugh in spite of the troubles.

Yeshua told His disciples that HIs burden is light, even though the weight of the world was on Him. It still is. We don't laugh as an escape from reality. We laugh because He has set us free to do so.

The Journey of Abram is woven with spiritual encounters, including angelic and demonic interaction. In this episode, Abram makes a definitive declaration to the spirits of darkness that his allegiance is with God and none other. That did not make him immune to fear. It made him realize that God is His shield and exceedingly great reward. The things of this world are not to be coveted and his enemies are no match with the God he feared and befriended. His faith was rewarded with righteousness.

Spiritual darkness is a reality that is misunderstood. Horror movies and science fiction overemphasize it for profit in the entertainment world, but it is nothing to toy with, or be entertained by.. Satan is the master of deceit, the prince of darkness, and the ruler of this present age. We saw his work in the Garden, the effect on Cain's decision to murder his brother, and the destroyer of an entire civilization in Noah's day.

He is so powerful that Jesus said He came to destroy his works.

Could it be that Abraham met him face to face along his journey?

This is a lesson for standing in faith, trusting in God, and facing the enemy.

The most well known and possibly life-changing verse in the New Testament is John 3:16. In the Old Testament there is a verse to which all of world history is hinged, Genesis 12:3.

We will begin to explore why and as time goes on, how these two verses connect.

The Redemption Story did not begin in eternity even though the price paid for it did. The Lamb of God~Yeshua~was slain before the foundation of the earth. But the need for redemption arose when Adam and Eve partook of what they were supposed to resist.We will return to the origin of Jacob's journey. That is where innocence was lost, but where hope was born. It is the beginning of God's curriculum. We call it Disciples of Hope.

Jesus paid the tuition, but it is not a free ride!